MK at Supercomputing 2010

New Orleans, LA Nov 15-19, 2010

This post is long overdue, but I recently attended Supercomputing 2010 and wanted to share my thoughts on the high-performance computing conference. More than 10,000 computer scientists, developers, and researchers filled half of the sprawling Morial Convention Center in New Orleans.

I was able to meet with several current and potential Morgan Kaufmann authors either during sessions or in one of the many lounges. Sessions included computer science in education, reconfigurable computing, parallel programming, GPGPU, OpenCL, Python, domain-specific languages, and more. Heterogeneous and green computing were on the minds of many, with keynote speakers observing that the environmentally-friendly “green computing” list was dominated by CPU-GPU machines.

Attendees expressed interest in a variety of Morgan Kaufmann titles including Programming Massively Parallel Processors, An Introduction to Parallel Programming, and GPU Computing Gems: Emerald Edition

Although Morgan Kaufmann did not have a table this year, but we plan to exhibit next year in partnership with our colleagues in Elsevier Journals. Please plan to visit us in Seattle at Supercomputing 2011, scheduled for November 12 – 18!

Date

November 15-19, 2010

Location
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
New Orleans, LA

Attending
[MK] Todd Green

Authors present
Wen-mei W. Hwu
Rob Farber
Andrew Sloss
Geoffrey Fox
Jack Dongarra
Ian Foster